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| PPU makes good ammo.
I've shot a metric buttload of their 9mm, 7.62 NATO, 5.56, and 8mm Mauser, and smaller quanties in calibers like .303, 7.5 Swiss, 7.62x54R, and 8x56R.
Prvi Partizan is one of the largest ammo manufacturers in the world, and several ammo brands subcontract their production to Prvi. For example, if you've ever shot Wolf Gold (Wolf's brass cased ammo line) in a caliber other than .223/5.56, chances are it was actually made by Prvi.
One of the best things about PPU is that they do regular small production runs of less common military surplus calibers. So if you're needing new production ammo for obsolete surplus calibers like 7.92 Kurz, 8.56R, 7.5 French, 8mm Lebel, 7.65 Argentine, 6.5 Carcano, etc., PPU is your best (or sometimes only) option. |
| Posts: 33210 | Location: Northwest Arkansas | Registered: January 06, 2008 |
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| The only PPU ammo I've shot was 5.56mm 55gr FMJ. It was reliable and the sound and recoil were the same as M-193. It wasn't terribly accurate, at least in my AR's. IIRC it shot between 3 and 4 MOA where standard M-193 usually gives me about 2.5 MOA. Wolf Gold has been the most accurate ball ammo in my guns. |
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| quote: Originally posted by RogueJSK: Prvi Partizan is one of the largest ammo manufacturers in the world, and several ammo brands subcontract their production to Prvi.
Academy Sports & Outdoors sells ammo under their housebrand Monarch. Monarch brass case pistol ammo is made by PPU; the boxes have 'Made in Serbia' on them. I bought a thousand rounds of it, and it all shot great. Monarch steel case ammo is made in Russia, probably by the same places that make Wolf and Tula. |
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| I've used it in .303. Did quite well and cheaper than "name" brands. |
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| Over the last month or so, Target Sports was carrying PPU in .38 Special, a 130-grain FMJ round. It works quite well for me. My first exposure to this ammo brand was back during the Sandy Hook aftermath. PPU .40 JHP was all the ammo I could find for a SIG P229 back then, and I became a fan.
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| I've shot a number of their calibers, but their 30 carbine is particularly good, IMO. FWIW, I've shot their .308 match load out to 1000. It was a chore since I didn't have data on them and they went trans-sonic pretty early, but I did manage to hit the broad side of a barn.
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| Overall, never had a problem with it and it’s good brass to reload too. I will say that PPU seems to be a little hotter than most other ammo. |
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| quote: Originally posted by 229DAK: They stock some PPU at our range. No one has ever said anything bad about it.
You are fortunate your range sells any ammo. At my range you have to purchase a pistol and that entitles you to buy 50 rounds of ammo at three times what it's worth. |
| Posts: 1008 | Location: Central Ohio | Registered: January 05, 2018 |
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